The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
"This year’s Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated," a statement from The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet read.
Ambros and Ruvkun discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.
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